Okay, which is it.. that they assassin team will be hunting on Scintilla, or off world??  Which was a point I raised before.  Off Scintilla and out of the system you have to deal Warp Traveling time to investigate their deaths.  And only because well loosing 2 or more heirs in a short time might have got people attention, even if off planet.  Of the 3 I posted below and before only the last will require a Ashen Tear Assassin the other 2 should be able to be done by agents.
I was going with the few being "High Ranking Targets" and might have been off planet as I said before, yet be respected enough that they could make a legit claim to the title Lord Calixis:
#16 Lt. Commander Wynnie Hax whose died when her section was opened to the space because of "accident"
#24 Administrator Thomas Wooten-Hax died when "brain aneurysm" occured on Iocanthos
#30 Prince Serian Hax had "a hunting accident and died" on a hunting trip to Fedrid

So how do you "plan" where to place the hijack team?  And when to release the Ashen Tear assassin(s) to take the HRT who are outside the Lucid Palace or elsewhere on Scintilla who could able to grab the mantle of the title Lord Calixis.
And for most of my problems with the Hijacking, @Cobramax76, filled in the words I wasn't able to find for some of my objection
@Cobramax76

Wow, my 1st question for you besides the my little pony game system, what other games systems do you currently enjoy playing.  I've played 40k wargame since there were Squats before they all got eaten? and I have played the 40k system since it came out with a local group of players who are liberal as can be.
Yes 40k universe is a fascist system that is crumbling as you state that is trying to bind all humanity together in 1 big block to survive against the all threats.  As is the Empire in Star Wars. 
But you miss that while yes the Space Marines are "powerful troops and stars of the Game" what really holding back the hordes (be they Orks, Tau, Necrons, Craftworld or Dark Eldar, Mutants,  Chaos forces (Human or Space Marine) or even Human Rebel forces) are the PDF and Imperial Guard units which are made up normal humans.  But most people are more concerned with happening on lets say Planet Kadrek, because of the Feudalism nature of the planetary systems then to worry about rest of the Imperium, the planetary ruling class and/or Imperium Assets will care about the sector and above.  Even the Imperial Creed changes for "local" conditions. 
You could and should be able to find just about any government style on the local level from clan/family bands most likely with imported planetary ruler sitting in orbit station to 1980 era [not sure you get much more modern as the setting not that advanced with gear] modern world style governments with the local leadership of any Political Ideologies, because the as long as they meet the Imperial Tithe, the Imperium doesn't care how the planets are run.   Fail to make that Tithe and soon or later the Imperium will come calling to find out why.
 

Well I am late to the party, but what about having the weapon not seized from a starship but a shipyard depot armoury.  It could be something that was "paperwork lost" or mistaken shipped/removed and not replaced post work finished.   Something like this Mistake 
Much easier for a Logician sponcered strike team to seize the hardware, especially if you have a few Ashen Tear Assassins to help the raid out.
as for hunting the Hax dynasty, Logician's done hits should be hard to discover unless they go over the top using Ashen Tear Assassin taking out the heirs in bloody fashions, use of Cerebral Annikilators and other "accidents" arranged should besides they are Hax heirs, mean tracing the cause of death will be harder, especially over # of off planet sites. 
#16 Lt. Commander Wynnie Hax whose died when her section was opened to the space because of accident
#24 Thomas Wooten-Hax died when brain aneurysm occured on Iocanthos
#30 Serian Hax died on a hunting trip to Fedrid
all you have in common is the Hax dynasty, and to investigate you have travel all over the Sector.
I do like the idea of framing Severus Dominate agents with planted evidence to distract from the real guilty party
 
 

I figured id throw my groups 10 cents in and open this thread up with a scenario and unique item ( or two ) for hilarity sake that my group actually had happen....
Modified Baneblade trials and Cat-people ( the ones Lodge blackmans supplement provided ) In an effort to determine the true combat potential of cat people they were given a myriad of combat gear and vehicles to see how they fared.....Not as well as hoped but still humorous.    After a morning of intensive combat drills in the Baneblade the all cat crew was given a break....one of the "Toms" decided that he was going to mark his territory ( again ) but the tech-priest had other ideas as he hated having to clean the mess off the sacred machines skirting....so he had attached a lead wire from a supplemental battery to the skirt plate the cat seems to prefer....lo and behold the cat was heard saying that " This is mAAIIIIOOOWWWWW!! *bzzz-pop!* followed by a *thud* sound....The rest of the crew moved around to the other side of the tank where the cat was laying twitching and slightly singed with a smell of ozone and burnt cat-hair. The tech-priest made an odd disconcerting sound the crew found was laughter from the tech priest.
Week 4...personal melee combat trials...
Early in the morning the trials were going very well. The cats showing better than average aptitude for hand to hand skills and dexterity. One of the sideline personnel ( later found to be a slaaneshi cultist with a warped sense of humor ) tossed an odd ball of twine into the middle of the trial arena where two squads of catpeople were conducting team drills...The innocuous looking ball then exploded into a cloud of string and fine mist which instantly had over half of the trainees rolling over and reaching for invisible things and ...purring....the substance was later analyzed and found to be commonly found yarn and high potency catnip ) Needless to say the trials for the rest of that day were scrapped while the effects to the affected trainees wore off.
OK...Who's next for their gag reels for the PCs that decided to take things WAY off into left field??? Anyone brave enough?

Sory for thread necromancy. 
If master dont worry about munchkin you has other way make you moritat more powerful in late game.
On level 4 take alternate rank Ordo Sicarius Initiate (from Daemon Hnter).
That rank gets access to the talents Psy-Rating 1 and Minor Psychic Powers. 
Yes its not powerful, but you may take some minor powers which will make you easier to stealth
And Psy-Rating 1 give you permisson to use Force Weapons as psyker (its bladed weapon and need talent "primitive melee weapon" )!
Take force sword and kill demons and heretics.
Force weapon has best quality (+10 WS), balanced, not destroy for power weapon field, ignore daemonic trait.
And you has some chance make more pure damage if you strike you enemy and win oposite wilpower test.  
In 6 level take alternative moritat reaper rank. 
Yes of course, you not powerful as Templar Calix melee psyker, but realy not bad kiling machine 
 
PS: sory english is not my native language

- the smallest ship in your arsenal is a few kilometers long and requires a crew of 20,000 to function properly
- the best fighter in your party is the blind, frail old astropath wielding the staff and pistol he started the game with
- you are considered poor if your holdings *only* consist of the wealth of an entire world.
- it is socially acceptable to wear clothing and bear weapons of obvious xenos manufacture, but you execute the inhabitants of other planets for doing the same thing
- your job is to bring the light of the emperor to heathen stars, which you interpret as destroying entire civilizations so that you can seed the planet with your own colonists. this is in fact exactly what the High Lords had in mind.
- if you deny an inquisitor his demands and then immediately flee to uncharted space, there isn't a whole lot the inquisitor can do.
- you are charged destroying xenos wherever you find them, but your closest advisor is a kroot shaper, your bodyguard is an Ork Freebooter, and your Morale officer is a Dark Eldar Kabalite.
- it's cheaper to give every crewman a personal hooker than it is to feed them
- you can't commit crimes. you just make choices that are "frowned upon"
- its better business to take another Rogue Trader's planet than to find and colonize your own.
- the more people want to kill you, the more popular you are with your peers.
- taking the young women of an entire village as your own personal playthings is encouraged, but if you choose to learn how to read in a dead language, you've "gone too far"
- attempts on your life by another rogue trader is considered grounds for war, but attempts on your life by Eldar Corsairs is considered a rare business opportunity
- what your crew does in the name of good would make blackbeard look like a pansy

... when the standard procedure when meeting a ship that doesn't answer radio communication is boarding it.
... when the Astropath is the best of the party at reading the ship's sensors, while the Explorator is so bad at it the rest of the party start to wonder if he's an imposter.
... when the Rogue Trader decides that the best way to survey the surface of a new planet is to do it on person, with a small flyer and carrying with him the few people that are fundamental for the functioning of the ship.
... when this obviously ends with the flyer crashed in a swamp and the party basically re-enacting Pitch Black during the night. 

This is called "Throne Gelt" and was used in DH1.

Why for the heavens am I doing this?
Ok. It depends on dendrite. BS for Ballistic mechandendrite ("Designed for ranged combat, this mechadendrite is fitted with a weapon that functions as a laspistol"), WS for Manipulator, Medicae and Utility ("It counts as a melee weapon"). Pages 183-184 of Corebook, respectively.

The new 40K RPG has been announced:
http://www.ulisses-us.com/in-development-wrath-glory-for-warhammer-40000-roleplay/

I don't see why it wouldn't be +25; Parry is a Weapon Skill test, so the Best Craftsmanship bonus would apply, as well as the Defensive bonus.

By RAW - no, you can't. And even if you somehow will made such modification, both Adeptus Mechanicus and Temple Vindicar will want your head on a platter. No one who deserves Exitus may need pathetic red-dot.

Okay so besides Bombing of the Supply Shuttle looks the the team, is setting up shop and just going to just another minor bad guy group in the hive.  I hope the gang war opens up some contacts with the gangs to provide muscle to the team if they need it.
But I have to ask about the Supply Shuttle Bombing?

Well that happens when you spam the general contact form and ask who you need to contact.

The party is instructed to 'blend in to the hive underworld and not draw attention to themselves'. In the first couple of sessions, the team has:
Hired a known convicted heretic to manage their base without asking what she was convicted of Bribed and blackmailed a corrupt magistratum official Started a major three-way gang war Bombed a supply shuttle carrying provisions to a navy warship in orbit, killing several naval officers and bystanding administratum members Carried out multiple assassinations and attempted to pin them on an Ecclesiarchal Deacon who they know has close links to a cadre of professional bounty hunters/assassins Note that they haven't actually had a 'case' yet (well, they did at the very end of the last session, which they haven't started looking in to yet). This is all just....you know....'setting up shop'.

Seems the forums are in the right place now... but since it took months, the people went bye bye.

I'm here as well

Oh man, crowdsurfing nuns. What has the galax come to.  

Chapter 71 – Epilogue

 
As soon as Bazak stepped foot on Da Worldbreaka, the Ork knew that he was in charge… those few that were foolish enough to challenge such a beast were quickly and savagely dealt with. The Orkish fleet was gathered by Bazak and the Orks were taken off the surface of Svard, to the massive relief of both the Svard Hive and the Command Crew. When the Imperial Fleet turned up, having done dangerous micro jumps through the system, there was almost a disaster as they were about to open fire. A hasty message from both Thelonious, and Bazak, calmed things down enough that the war didn’t flare up again. Sylvia Locke could only shake her head as she sent an unguarded communication…


 
“F***ing Deepstalker!” said with both exasperation and also admiration. Bazak took the Ork fleet and departed back to the Undred Undred Teef, leaving the rest of the Command Crew to see through everything they needed to do in the Svard system. They placed the Yu’vath stasis egg, as well as the Chaos Sword Bane in the orbit of the Xenos tainted Seedworld and, with the rest of the fleet watching on, fired their Cyclonic Torpedo at the planetoid.


 
None of them had ever seen such destructive power as the Seedworld was imploded, ripped apart from the inside, along with the stasis egg and the Chaos Sword. Although, whether Bane was destroyed that easily would be a question that would haunt the Deepstalker line long into the future.


 
Constantine, with the support of High Inquisitors, Space Marines and other luminaries of the Imperium, was declared a Saint within 10 years of his death. The area where he met his end, the Ice Sea on Svard, became a massive site of pilgrimage and one of the holiest temples in the entire Koronus Expanse. The blood stained ice where he had fallen being preserved in a stasis field on its high alter. As per his wish, his body was interred in the new Grand Cathedral on Elerius, the planet that he had brought into the Emperor’s Grace, and Elerius became a shining beacon of faith to the God-Emperor. However, to the Ecclesiarche’s dismay, the faith that Constantine’s followers espoused was very much at odds with their powerbase. However, without much pull in the Koronus Expanse and with the power of the Deepstalker Dynasty behind Constantine’s name, Constantinism (as it was eventually known) became the main source of faith in the Koronus Expanse. A statue of Jonas Constantine, Saint of the Imperium and founder of Constantinism was erected at the entrance of the Grand Cathedral on Elerius, an enduring memory to one of the holiest men the Expanse had ever known.


 
Mistress Valentina was devastated over her friend’s death and, although she continued to serve as the Deepstalker’s prime Astropath Transcendent, she spent quite a lot of time in seclusion, not telling anyone what she was doing with her time. Upon the news of Constantine’s Sainthood becoming official, she emerged, having dedicated her time to learning how to use his Witch Lance and Storm Shield, two holy relics and reminders of their friendship. She petitioned Thelonious to take a leave of absence, as well as a ship and a large army, to honour Constantine’s name by purging heresy and chaos from the Expanse. Thelonious accepted. Mistress Valentina’s crusade, in Constantine’s name, brought numerous worlds into the embrace of the God-Emperor and was one of the leading causes of Constantinism spreading as fast as it did. As a Warrior she was exceptional, as a psyker she was incredible and combining both of them together, she was unstoppable. When she returned to Thelonious’s service, many years later, she was as legendary as Constantine and took great pride in what she had managed to accomplish.


 
Bazak was not seen for many years in the Expanse… Ork raids did not stop, but they were reduced dramatically as Bazak kept them close, growing their numbers once more. The day when Da Worldbreaka appeared at Footfall caused a large degree of panic but Bazak had one demand… the Ork wanted to meet with High Inquisitor Lorric. Whilst what happened at the meeting is shrouded in mystery, scattered reports indicate that Bazak promised the High Inquisitor that he would hold off raiding human worlds if Lorric would take Asha under his wing and look after her. Bazak left and Da Worldbreaka was seen throughout the expanse for a while, including on Damaris where Bazak delivered a bust, made from Elerium, to the couple who would become the grandparents of Asha, who had not even been born by that point. They were grateful for the gift but confused… although the look on their faces in about 50 years was probably something to behold! With these errands complete, Bazak honoured its promise to Lorric and kept the Orks under control. Very few Orkish vessels strayed from the command to ‘leeve the humies alone’. Numerous attempts to oust the Ork were tried… but Bazak was nearly immortal, the foreign material in its bloodstream giving the Ork gifts that were not meant to be given to one of the greenskins.


 
Eventually, when the Orks had multiplied enough, Bazak gathered up his forces and launched the largest Waagh the Expanse had ever seen, or would see again. The focus of his Waagh was not the human worlds of the Expanse, the Ork tended to keep its word, but against the forces of Chaos in the Screaming Vortex! Bazak, and the Orks, were never seen again once they entered that roiling voidstorm but those worlds nearby did report that raids from the forces of the Ruinous Powers were almost stopped, and never again reached the level that they had before… obviously something had given them a right good shoein!


 
Isendark continued to serve the Deepstalker Dynasty with distinction, honing his skills to a razors edge until he was given a Governorship of an Agriworld under the control of the Deepstalkers. Isendark left the management of the world to the Adminstratum members that he had been gifted and piled his fortune into creating a huge complex in a relatively uninhabited area of the planet. In that complex he housed one of every single machine (and biological creature) that allowed you to move… from scout bikes, to Lightning Interceptors to Leman Russ tanks, each gathered by Isendark and then modified to go even faster. The people of the Agriworld became used to the sight of random machines flying, crawling, digging, hovering and all other methods of transportation, around their land and the world as a whole. Whilst Isendark was always available to Thelonious whenever he needed him, the fact that he also put his time into creating an academy on the Agriworld, where the best pilots were sent by the Deepstalker Dynasty to get even better, meant he had more time to himself… exactly as he wanted.


 
Commander Rolaine continued to serve as Thelonious’s second in command, enjoying the responsibility and, many years later, Thelonious gave her a present… a Cruiser that had been built from the keel up (from a prize that Thelonious had taken) to be her ship. It had ALL THE GUNS! The Divine Onslaught, as it was christened, became well known amongst the Expanse and some rebellions were stopped when it was known that the Divine Onslaught was in the system, such was the devastation that Rolaine was able to wreak. The Commander (now Captain) was always willing to help out the Imperial Navy, and Battlefleet Koronus in particular, and whilst this was not always appreciated by Thelonious, he knew that Rolaine’s dedication was to the Deepstalker and he let it slide. Other than that, Rolaine continued her studies of Imperial Tactics and personal combat and became one of the foremost thinkers and Tacticians of the age… her writings and memoirs would be studied at numerous schools through the Calixis sector and, eventually, throughout the entire Imperium. She was always loyal to Thelonious, saving his life with her ships intervention at one stage, driving off the pirate fleet that was so close to swamping the Hope in the Void.


 
Yorke, after a period of flirtation, finally gave in to Jeramiah Blitz’s pursuit of her. To be honest, she knew that he was, at the very least, a match for her in terms of cunning although she knew she had the edge in intelligence and realised that bringing Blitz closer to the Deepstalker Dynasty was very much a good idea. Thelonious also thought this was a good idea, it gave him a person who he could claim plausible deniability when he was trying to further his interests and so put on a massive wedding on the moon of Svard… which also gave a welcome PR boost to that recently benighted place. The wedding was spectacular and will be remembered by the people of Svard forever… but that’s because Hadrek Fel sent assassins to try and kill both Natasha and Blitz! They only succeeded in wounding both of them, but Yorke was not about to take it lying down and sent assassins back after Fel… before being ordered to stop by Thelonious, who had another idea. After their recovery, Yorke and Blitz teamed up to become a devastating team; very few people got the better of them and Yorke managed to pull Blitz deep into the fold of the Deepstalker Dynasty. Thelonious would often complain about the amount of money they needed at times, but they always repaid it threefold… so he mostly did it for show.


 
And what of Thelonious, last heir of the Deepstalker Dynasty? Well, he would become known as a Legend of the Expanse, talked about in the same way as Winterscale, Chorda or Saul… he even had a Realm with Elerius at the centre… Deepstalker’s Realm. Having known Constantine, and been his “brother” meant that the number of pilgrims wanting to become part of the Deepstalker Realm skyrocketed and Thelonious became rich beyond what even some Rogue Traders would desire to be. He ploughed this money and influence into his Realm, bringing the Industrial Revolution to Elerius and surrounding worlds, turning them into wealth creation machines in double quick time. Hadrek Fel, his nemesis, had survived the Ork Waagh and had emerged stronger than ever… however, both Hadrek and Thelonious had seen the folly of an extended House War and, whilst they would never be friends, they both agreed to a certain spheres of influence and mostly stayed out of each other’s business. Some called it a Cold War, after the legend of a period of time on Terra, and there would be attempts at escalation, but it never exploded as it had before.


 
Thelonious even managed to lure Sylvia Locke from the Imperial Navy… after another couple of years of being less appreciated than she should have been, Thelonious was able to offer her the Optimis Nemesis, now renamed as Retribution, as her command. This actually gained Thelonious a lot of pull in the corridors of power of the Imperial Navy as they wanted rid of her as she was too good to get rid of for anything other than trumped up charges. She was to perform amazing feats with a Battlecruiser at her command, earning her the title of “Protector of the Expanse” and providing amazing levels of positive PR to the Deepstalker Dynasty. Thelonious had one further meeting with the Eldar, with Beljalanor informing him that Craftworld Kaelor was going to leave the Expanse as he had seen that there was no further place for them here. However, they did depart as friends, with mutual respect between them only increasing as they thought about it more. Beljalanor left Thelonious with a massive gift… the ability to traverse the Webway in the Expanse but also with a warning… that if they ever met again, it would have to be with the most terrible of circumstances. Thelonious spoke as Beljalanor disappeared… “See you soon!”


 
And what of Thelonious’s relationship with Lady Orleans? What of the Ordo Chronos interest in the girl Ashe? What of the search for a live Rak’Gol, and their general threat to Deepstalkers Realm? What about the schism between the Ecclesiarchy and Constantinism? All of those are stories for a later date…


 
Thank you for reading. It has been an absolute adventure to have written all of these and I hope you enjoyed them as much as I did. Whilst there may be further adventures of scions of the Deepstalker Dynasty, this is the end of these Characters stories.


 
The End.

Congrads on Surviving I was sad when it looked like badly hurt.
Always 1 of my favorite of the campaign

Congrads on Surviving I was sad when it looked like badly hurt.
Always 1 of my favorite of the campaign

I GM a Dark Heresy 2nd Ed. game and one of the players, during combat with a mutated Catachan Devil, managed to get himself under it and bayonet it in the belly successfully. He wanted to then fire with his shotgun, to which the bayonet is attached.

Now, I couldn't find any rules or feats regarding this and I didn't want to stop the game for an extensive period to try and find out about it, so I just ruled that (since it was badass anyway) I'd allow it.

That said I would like to have a definitive answer to whether or not the rules actually support this sort of action. I know the +30 Point Blank bonus does not actually apply in melee, and that most long arms can't even be fired in melee.

Thoughts?

Happens to the best of us. Sometimes you can't help but hug Papa Nurgle. Get well soon.

This is awesome stuff. Really nice flavour text to go with the weapons. 

Love it - especially the name "pocket puncher." I would get the gun just for that.